Have a Listen: San Francisco Symphony

FS: What are some challenges your organization face?
RL: I think one challenge one always has is that costs keep rising, the budget keeps rising, so you’ve got to always be building your annual fund. … I think historically a lot of different organizations have been pretty siloed in the fact that their annual fund is separate from their planned-giving program, which is separate from their corporate program. And what we’ve really tried to do is look for opportunities to build relationships really broadly. And so if our corporate leader comes in as an individual donor, we’ll work with that person to see if they can involve their employees or their company as a corporate supporter. Or if an individual comes in as a donor to the annual fund and has a particular kind of record, we’re also encouraging them to think about estate planning with the Symphony in mind.